Intel Core i5-4230U vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050e

Processor comparisons   20-01-2022
   Let's say you can't decide which CPU to buy, you can make a decision after reading the comprehensive tests Intel Core i5-4230U vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050e and see which is better for games or normal use for streaming, rendering, video editing, programming, machine learning. Here is useful information from many benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in special test applications like Furmark, VeraCrypt, WPrime, Handbrake, Gears 5, Prime95, Blender, AIDA64, PCMark 10, PassMark, 7zip, 3DMark, RealBench, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, GeekBench 6, 5.2, SuperPi, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Dolphin Emulator, MATLAB, UserBenchmark, Blender.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

Grand Theft Auto V
Cyberpunk 2077
Apex Legends
Borderlands 3
Death Stranding
Fallout 76
Watch Dogs Legion
DOOM: Eternal
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Overwatch
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
Red Dead Redemption 2
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Fortnite
Halo Infinite
Valorant
Valheim
Last Man Standing
Rainbow Six Siege

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which processor is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon Silver 3050e or Intel Core i5-4230U.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Core i5-4230U

50%

Athlon Silver 3050e

50%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Core i5-4230U

50%

Athlon Silver 3050e

50%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a low game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Half-Life: Alyx, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Forza Horizon 4, NBA 2K20, Horizon Zero Dawn, Battlefield V, Ghostrunner, Monster Hunter World, Metro Exodus, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Hitman 3, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Control, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, League of Legends (LOL), DOTA 2A.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.4	89.3
Valorant	101.6	101.5
Cyberpunk 2077	56.9	56.8
Apex Legends	95.5	95.4
Call of Duty Warzone	76.2	76.1
Overwatch	82.3	82.2
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.1	70.0
DOOM Eternal	50.8	50.8
Warzone	79.3	79.2
Assassin's Creed	85.4	85.3
Valheim	84.3	84.3

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Core i5-4230U

126%

Athlon Silver 3050e

345%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Athlon Silver 3050e is more energy efficient than the Core i5-4230U as it consumes less power: 15W vs. 6W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, programming, machine learning, video editing or video rendering, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the CPU uses all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the program that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that can use only one core to work, and all the advantages of multi-core mode are unused.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Core i5-4230U	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
Cinbench 15 Single-core	126	55
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	232	291
Cinbench 20 Single-core	256	139
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	512	634
Cinbench 23 Single-core	438	358
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	1044	1724

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Core i5-4230U	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
Single-Core	1636	1440
Multi-Core	1847	3038

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Core i5-4230U	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
Single-Core	568	622
Multi-Core	1393	1302

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most helpful. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in the newest games. The economy are obvious! It turns out that you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	Intel Core i5-4230U	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
Announcement date	October 01, 2013	January 06, 2020
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1168	FP5
Core name	Haswell	Dali
Architecture	x86	Zen
Generation	4	1
Turbo Frequency	2.5 MHz	2.8 MHz
Frequency	1.6 MHz	1.4 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate	5 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	2600 millions	1400 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	6 W
Memory type	DDR3L 1333/1600, LPDDR3 1333/1600	DDR4
Max. Memory	16 Gb
Memory Frequency		2400
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache		1MB
L3 cache	3 MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	Expansion Options	YM3050C7T2OFG

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Core i5-4230U is 12% better than Athlon Silver 3050e in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-4230U is better: 20
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon Silver 3050e is better: 13
However, it should be understood that all the figures that you have looked at here do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the video tests and read the reviews of real owners of Intel Core i5-4230U and AMD Athlon Silver 3050e before making a selection which of the CPUs to buy for gaming.

Intel Core i5-4230U - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Core i5-4230U specs and review.

• AMD Athlon Silver 3050e specs and review.